The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-24
FARM NOTES.

must toe cut OH by ha1d.
Oats are the best grain for calves In
their first winter, and they have best
effect when well nioistened before feed
ing.
Mr.. Terry tells readers of the Country
Gsntlc1adfs that he never was troubled
with potato scab until lac began To plant
deeply.
Ii swine are to he kept on the farm
the best profits will be found in the fin-
est breeds that run into natured meat
the first year
Milk sold at three cents quart pays
about the same net as butter sold for
twenty-eight cents pound, says an
eastern expert.
I.amphlaek mixed withstroug vinegar
will mark sheep so that IL will remain
year and will not injure the wool a.
do tar and paint.
To prevent erntehed trees from split
ting, twist and iasten two small limbs
together, and rs the stems grow it will
prevent splitting.
Fowls should not be fed exclusively
on oats, but they make am excellent
change when the hens seem reluctant
10 consume corn or wheat.
Soaking seed corn in coal oil (kero-
sene) i said To render il So obnoxious
they leave il unnolcsted, after sam
pling few hills.
Beans are rich in nitrogen and are
good food for amy sort of animals. Hogs
may be tattened on them. There is
nothing better for sheep and they are
just the thing for cows in milk.
Catnip i one of the most valuable
pl ,nts COR bees. Thc flowers are rich
IN honey, and for several months, COM
menting with June of each year, yield
II freely at all hours and every kind of
weather.
For milch cows the first grass is good,
but there isanother question To consider,
il is not good tor land To receive the
tread of their feet when so moist that
they will sink into the soil and compac-
II TO the detriment of sui sequCnt pr,t
duction.
The calves want corn meal 10 make
fat, which will keep them warm, bran
td make bone and sinev-, oats ground
10 make muscle and tissue, and linseed
meal 10 keep the bowels healthy and
the pores open and To make the whole
animal machinery work.
The quality Of Holstein beef is of the
finest kind, the fnt better distributed
through the lean than i'm almost any
breed and the butcher who was at first
opposed To the Holstein will now, SAYS
the Rural World, give more FOR Hol-
stein than for amy other stock.
The finest stalks of asparagus are
raised by giving the plants plenty of
room. Set the roots i'm rows four feet
apart and three feet i'm the rows. Keep
the land free from weeds, and manure
every year on the surface. The manure
should be fine and we'll rottcd.
Largo trees can he moved and trans
planted, thus taking advantage of sew
eral years growth provided all the roots
and some Of the adhearing earth be
carried with them. The place I'm which
they are 10 by deposited should also be
specially prepared for their reception.
Ninety minutes Is little enough, the
.IasFicFp igricu'fssriSt thinks. for the
horses MONDAY meal when spring
work begins, portion of his hour and
Il half being for rest before eating and
digestion afterward. Time will thus I've
gained in the end, and the faithful ami
mails flesh retain. Il.
For working purposes the mule Is
more economical than the horse. Ii
eats less, and Will do a. much work
Sickness among mules il an exception.
IL costs les 10 keep them, less to shoe
thcm-for their feet are much harder
than those of the horse-and they are
more patient than the horse.
Never start into bee-keeping without
having some study Of the latest meth
ods Of apiarists. Get at least one good
book on bee matters, aud take one bee
journal t. keep posted with the progress
of the times. Beginners must not seek
an increase in colonies as soon as they
have learned to divide them. Always
keep colonies strong.
Farmers wives who have charge Of
the poultry should not let the men feed
all the skim-milk to the calves and pigs,
but keep few quarts eVCiy day and
warm il over q hot stove and then mix
in little meal and sprinkling of red
pepper they would have plenty of
eggs for their own use and some to
spare, in the winter time.
When planted very carly, it is an easy
matter to cover corn To deep. The soil
is wet and cold, and when covered too
deep there is considerable danger OF the
seed rotting. y quick termination OF
seed is always desirable. Some seeds
of course are naturally slower than
others; yet the condition the soil H. i'm,
fthe depth of planting aud the vitality
of the seed all exert their influence.
Young pigs will usually commence to
cat when about three weeks old, and
the More attractive the portion put
within their reach the quicker they
will learn 10 make full feed. If they
can have little fresh milk at the start
50 much the better, but by common
consent s<im-mill is counted sufficient
to meet piggy's notion. With milk as
a starter they will soon take TO slop
made of mill feed.